Woodlawn Demographic Data Ø Total Population: 23,740 Ø Median Age: 34.2 Ethnic Demographic Ø African American: 85% Ø White: 8% Ø Hispanic: 3% Ø Asian: 3% Economic Profile Ø Owner Occupied: 22.6% Ø Renter Occupied: 77.4% Ø Median Household Income: $27,413 Ø Average People per Household: 2.2 Education Statistics Ø No High School: 16% Ø High School: 51% Ø Associate’s Degree: 8% Ø Bachelor’s Degree: 14% Ø Graduate Degree: 11% FUN FACTS RAISIN IN THE SUN The play is based on an African- American family’s experience in Woodlawn. UCHICAGO South Campus, Burton Judson, and the Logan Arts Center are all located within the boundaries of the neighborhood. JESSE OWENS The Olympic track star is buried in the Oak Woods Cemetery on 67th Street and Cottage Grove. 63RD STREET The street was famous for its jazz clubs in the 1960s. OSAKA GARDEN A Japanese garden that is located on an island in Jackson Park. Woodlawn’s borders contained the majority of the World’s Columbian Exposition. The 63rd Street Beach Bathing Pavilion, which was completed in 1919, is a popular gathering place that “boasts a promenade, two courtyards and an impressive view of the lake and skyline.” The pavilion was designed in a Mediterranean revival style that was heavily inspired by the architecture of the South Shore Cultural Center. Up until 1948, Woodlawn was a middle class, white neighborhood, which grew out of the floods of workers and commerce from the World’s Fair. With the Supreme Court outlawing racially restrictive covenants in the 1950s, Woodlawn began to have its first African-American residents. By the early 1960s, Woodlawn was a predominantly African- American neighborhood with over 80,000 residents. 63rd Street was once one of the busiest streets on the South Side.

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Page 1: Woodlawn - University of Chicago · 2021. 4. 29. · JESSE OWENS The Olympic track star is buried in the Oak Woods Cemetery on 67th Street and Cottage Grove. 63RD STREET The street

WoodlawnWoodlawnDemographic Data

Ø Total Population: 23,740

Ø Median Age: 34.2

Ethnic Demographic

Ø African American: 85%

Ø White: 8%

Ø Hispanic: 3%

Ø Asian: 3%

Economic Profile

Ø Owner Occupied: 22.6%

Ø Renter Occupied: 77.4%

Ø Median Household Income: $27,413

Ø Average People per Household: 2.2

Education Statistics

Ø No High School: 16%

Ø High School: 51%

Ø Associate’s Degree: 8%

Ø Bachelor’s Degree: 14%

Ø Graduate Degree: 11%

FUN FACTS

RAISIN IN THESUN

The play is basedon an African-

American family’sexperience in

Woodlawn.

UCHICAGO

South Campus,Burton Judson, and

the Logan ArtsCenter are all

located within theboundaries of the

neighborhood.

JESSE OWENS

The Olympic trackstar is buried in the

Oak WoodsCemetery on 67th

Street and CottageGrove.

63RD STREET

The street wasfamous for its jazzclubs in the 1960s.

OSAKA GARDEN

A Japanesegarden that islocated on an

island in JacksonPark.

Woodlawn’s borders contained the majority of the World’sColumbian Exposition. The 63rd Street Beach Bathing Pavilion,which was completed in 1919, is a popular gathering place that“boasts a promenade, two courtyards and an impressive view of the lake and skyline.” The pavilion was designed in a Mediterranean revival style that was heavily inspired by the architecture of the South Shore Cultural Center.

Up until 1948, Woodlawn was a middle class, whiteneighborhood, which grew out of the floods of workers andcommerce from the World’s Fair. With the Supreme Court outlawing racially restrictive covenants in the 1950s, Woodlawn began to have its first African-American residents.

By the early 1960s, Woodlawn was a predominantly African-American neighborhood with over 80,000 residents. 63rd Street was once one of the busiest streets on the South Side.